Theme lesson covering the main themes:
Redemption, Social Injustice/Poverty, Christmas, Charity, Greed and Materialism, Supernatural and Family.
Group work lesson- fantastic for revising!
In groups pupils discuss one of the following themes in ACC and consider how it relates to the novella. They then complete their theme worksheet with:
A summary of their key theme, including any motifs it links to and how their key theme links to which parts of the novella. They then have to add quotations and techniques to the worksheet.
Once all the worksheets have been completed, I photocopied them into booklets for their theme revision at home.
The resource includes a summary of each key theme, motifs linked to that theme and key quotes linking to that theme- everything pupils need to complete their worksheets.
Please also see my theme lesson on Macbeth and An Inspector Calls.
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Theme lesson covering the main themes:
Social Responsibility, Social Class, Age (Older vs Younger generation), Gender, Guilt and Consequences and Wealth, Power and Influence.
Group work lesson- fantastic for revising!
In groups pupils discuss one of the following themes in AIC and consider how it relates to the play. They then complete their theme worksheet with:
A summary of their key theme, including any motifs it links to and how their key theme links to which parts of the play. They then have to add quotations and techniques to the worksheet.
Once all the worksheets have been completed, I photocopied them into booklets for their theme revision at home.
The resource includes a summary of each key theme, motifs linked to that theme and key quotes linking to that theme- everything pupils need to complete their worksheets.
Please also see my theme lesson on A Christmas Carol and Macbeth.
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Theme lesson covering the main themes:
Ambition, Kingship, Violence, Guilt, Loyalty/Betrayal, Supernatural and Good vs Evil.
Group work lesson- fantastic for revising!
In groups pupils discuss one of the following themes in Macbeth and consider how it relates to the play. They then complete their theme worksheet with:
A summary of their key theme, including any motifs it links to and how their key theme links to which parts of the play. They then have to add quotations and techniques to the worksheet.
Once all the worksheets have been completed, I photocopied them into booklets for their theme revision at home.
The resource includes a summary of each key theme, motifs linked to that theme and key quotes linking to that theme- everything pupils need to complete their worksheets.
Please also see my theme lesson on A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls.
A one off revision lesson on the complex character of Gerald in An Inspector Calls.
Starts off with discussion questions about Gerald and a piece of writing about his character that they have to evaluate.
2 pages of quotations with analysis are provided which allow pupils to write up an essay style response exploring how and if he takes responsibility.
Included a hypothesis statement to start off their essay response.
Two fully annotated lessons on Remains. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Remains, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context and author
Comprehension questions on each chapter
Final activity- What can the Government do to help child refugees?
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context
Comprehension questions for each chapter
Final activity- ‘To what extent do you agree?’
Two transition activity lessons for year 5 and 6 pupils coming to secondary school.
Lesson 1- Roald Dahl design a chocolate bar and present back to the class.
Lesson 2- Dragons den design a robot and present back to the class.
Both lessons encourage fun, interactive group work and have been tried and tested to create great results!
Two fully annotated lessons on Tissue. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Tissue, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Storm on the Island. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary. Also includes a table comparing SOI and Exposure that pupils can use to structure their own analysis.
Everything you need to teach Storm on the Island, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Ozymandias. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Ozymandias, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context and author
Comprehension questions on each chapter- 41 slides long
Final activity- The protagonist of the novel, the woman in black, refuses to submit to Victorian patriarchal values by attempting to reclaim her illegitimate child. Even though she repeatedly inflicts suffering on families by causing the death of their children, we still feel some sympathy towards her.
I agree/ disagree with this statement because……
Two fully annotated lessons on Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Kamikaze , AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict
Two fully annotated lessons on Charge of the Light Brigade. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Charge of the Light Brigade, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on My Last Duchess. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach My Last Duchess, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on The Prelude. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach The Prelude, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Checking out Me History by John Agard. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Checking out me History, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Excellent resource which covers the all the main themes in the Power and Conflict cluster of poems. Can be used as a lesson or as revision homework. Compares poems alongside each other.
Analysis includes:
Power of Humans: Ozymandias and Duchess.
Power of Nature: Storm on the Island and Exposure.
Reality of Conflict: War Photographer and Poppies.
Effects of Conflict: Bayonet Charge and Charge of the Light Brigade.
Conflict of identity: Kamikaze and Émigrée.
At the end of the Powerpoint, there is the start of a comparison essay for Kamikaze and Émigrée- I modelled meaning, structure and imagery/language and then included 4 comparison quotes that pupils can finish off in class. I have also included a comparative essay on COTLB and Bayonet Charge. My current year 10 and 11s found this extremely useful as a way of revising.
Two fully annotated lessons on War Photographer. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach War Photographer, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Exposure by Wilfred Owen. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Exposure, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.